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2008-07-29 Thread Tracey de Morsella
Voight Warns Voters Against Obama In Newspaper Rant 29 July 2008 12:12 AM, PDT http://www.imdb.com/news/ns002/#ni0268503 Angelina Jolie http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001401/ 's actor father Jon Voight http://www.imdb.com/name/nm685/ has written a scathing review of U.S. presidential

Re: [scifinoir2] Tough times bring meaner game shows

2008-07-29 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] This is so repellent! Just makes me gladder than ever that I never watch TV! Amy I find it amazing that someone could seriously see American game shows as some kind of test for survival in post-apocalyptic times! Please! I will warrant that perhaps the stress of high gas

[scifinoir2] September is National Velociraptor Awareness Month.

2008-07-29 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] September is National Velociraptor Awareness Month. Beware! http://www.velociraptors.info/ LOL!

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: What you need to know about WATCHMEN

2008-07-29 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] I am a huge Alan Moore fan mainly because I started with 'Watchmen' which was so terrific, I've tried to get everything Moore has done since. 'Watchmen' is rightfully a classic and a must read for anyone who likes speculative fiction. Amy I am a big Alan Moore fan (From

[scifinoir2] Re: September is National Velociraptor Awareness Month.

2008-07-29 Thread ravenadal
The American Society for Velociraptor Attack Prevention, along with the North American Velociraptor Defense Association and the United Velociraptor Widows Fund, will be providing free velociraptor safety seminars at local Red Cross centers across the nation. Contact your local center for more

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2008-07-29 Thread B. Smith
To say I love Watchmen would be an understatement. I consumed the book and I used to revisit it at least once a year to catch some nuance i missed the first time through. Anytime someone scoffed at comic books I would hand them my well read trade paperback of Watchmen and blow their minds. I

[scifinoir2] 25 things I have learned in 50 years

2008-07-29 Thread ravenadal
25 things I have learned in 50 years by Dave Barry 1) The badness of a movie is directly proportional to the number of helicopters in it. 2) You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling reason why we observe daylight-saving time. 3) People who feel the need

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2008-07-29 Thread sincere1906
i actually got to lecture a few times on black images in the comic book world, as part of a larger course on media imagery...it was always very well received...by the students anyway. Sin - POW! ZOWIE! Scholars discover the

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2008-07-29 Thread sincere1906
okay. so i know this is a sci fi/speculative fiction forum. but i saw this trailer yesterday and it certainly seems surreal enough to me. submit it here for anyone who may have decided the last 8 yrs were an alternate reality... Sin

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2008-07-29 Thread KeithBJohnson
I agree, the PG-13 is really pushing it. When I recommend it to people with kids, I warn them to think about it. Some parents are okay taking kids as young as 7 or 8 to a flick like this, some wouldn't dare do so. From what I'm hearing in discussions, this movie more than any other before is

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2008-07-29 Thread KeithBJohnson
Well, to repeat my I hate the whole summer blockbuster concept rant, part of this is due to X-Files getting lost in the shuffle. All anyone's really talking about is The Dark Knight, with sprinklings of family-friendly stuff like Wall-E, Mummy 3, Journey to the Center of the Earth, etc.

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: September is National Velociraptor Awareness Month.

2008-07-29 Thread Martin
Man!   In one forum, I'm getting a bunch of zombie warnings, and now this? Glad I'm in for the day... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik --- On Tue, 7/29/08, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: September is National

Re: [scifinoir2] Voight Warns Voters Against Obama as a Socialist In Newspaper Rant

2008-07-29 Thread Martin
I'd love to ask him the converse of that question, just to see the brief look of shock on his face as he contemplates the answer...   As for the actual article, it's in the Washington Times, which is just right of Faux/Fixed/Fox News. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik --- On Tue,

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Return of The Blue Marvel

2008-07-29 Thread Martin
Don't look at me. I'm standing in the Bewildered Corner with you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik --- On Mon, 7/28/08, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: The Return of The Blue Marvel To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date:

[scifinoir2] Re: My Take - The Dark Knight (No spoilers)

2008-07-29 Thread ravenadal
One of the reasons I posted Dave Barry's column about things you learn by age 50 here is number 13: 13) There apparently exists, somewhere in Los Angeles, a computer that generates concepts for television sitcoms. When TV executives need a new concept, they turn on this computer; after sorting

[scifinoir2] Re: X-Files Past its Prime?

2008-07-29 Thread ravenadal
I am a diehard X-files fan but I haven't seen the first X-files movie and I had no desire to see the latest one. In fact, instead of going to see the movie on Sunday, I watched a mini-marathon of X-file episodes on Sunday morning that included several of my favorite episodes - like the one

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2008-07-29 Thread Lockhart, Daryle
That computer is in England. Essex, I believe. On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:16:35 -0400, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the reasons I posted Dave Barry's column about things you learn by age 50 here is number 13: 13) There apparently exists, somewhere in Los Angeles, a computer that

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2008-07-29 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have read the section below several times and I still don't understand its strained logic: However...when it was discovered that he was actually a black man, he was asked to cease operating as a hero and retire by

Re: [scifinoir2] Scholars Discover the Comic Book

2008-07-29 Thread Astromancer
Do you have an essay based upon these lectures? I would love to read it if so...Thank you in advance... -See that guy who looks like a cross between Elvis and P-Funk? He is Johnny Ross.- From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Tue, 7/29/08, sincere1906 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] Trailer for Oliver Stone's W.

2008-07-29 Thread Astromancer
LMAO...I'm with you, Sin... -See that guy who looks like a cross between Elvis and P-Funk? He is Johnny Ross.- From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Tue, 7/29/08, sincere1906 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: sincere1906 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] Trailer for Oliver

[scifinoir2] Re: The Return of The Blue Marvel

2008-07-29 Thread DJ VIBE
I mentioned the idea of a Black superman being scary to some Whites. When you think about it, its not just a White thing. When you really think aboutit, the concept of a superman who doesn't have to observe any moral code other than his/her own scares the beejeezus out of *most* people

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2008-07-29 Thread ravenadal
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi- oped0728pittsjul29,0,5821420.story Slavery didn't end in 1865, book explains Leonard Pitts July 29, 2008 This is how John Davis became a slave: He was walking one evening from the train depot in Goodwater, Ala., when a white man appeared in

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2008-07-29 Thread Astromancer
Yeah...I left a date sitting in the restaurant because of that... -See that guy who looks like a cross between Elvis and P-Funk? He is Johnny Ross.- From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W. Badie --- On Tue, 7/29/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

[scifinoir2] Re: The Return of The Blue Marvel

2008-07-29 Thread DJ VIBE
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, DJ VIBE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's not to get? The basic concept is simple. Whites live in constant fear that if Blacks (and other groups) were to gain power, they would mistreat Whites in the same way that they were mistreated by Whites (having

[scifinoir2] Re: The Return of The Blue Marvel

2008-07-29 Thread ravenadal
See, that's where my disconnect is. I always assumed white people knew black people were superior and treated them the way they treated them, anyway. I always assumed they KNEW. My logic has always been that if you truly believed someone was inferior you would not have to rig to game - they

[scifinoir2] Re: The Return of The Blue Marvel

2008-07-29 Thread ravenadal
And we need Jesus the way Kathy Lee needed Regis. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, DJ VIBE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Case in point: A few posts back someone posted John Voight's reaction to Obama's pretty much assured nomination: Obama has grown up with the teaching of very

[scifinoir2] Re: The Return of The Blue Marvel

2008-07-29 Thread ravenadal
And we need Jesus the way Kathy Lee needed Regis. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, DJ VIBE [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Case in point: A few posts back someone posted John Voight's reaction to Obama's pretty much assured nomination: Obama has grown up with the teaching of very

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: The Return of The Blue Marvel

2008-07-29 Thread Martin
(standing ovation) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik --- On Tue, 7/29/08, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: The Return of The Blue Marvel To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 4:56 PM

Re: [scifinoir2] Voight Warns Voters Against Obama as a Socialist In Newspaper Rant

2008-07-29 Thread GWashin891
Damn. I didn't know that Voight was such a RW crank. But then again judging by his daughter's rather progressive actions I shouldn't be surprised. -GTW In a message dated 7/29/08 3:49:34 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Voight Warns Voters Against Obama In Newspaper Rant 29 July 2008

[scifinoir2] It Had to Happen

2008-07-29 Thread KeithBJohnson
, watch out... You gotta see the picture! Do a Google search for Joker thief arrested and check him out. ** http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080729/ap_en_mo/odd_joker_arrested Phony 'Joker' arrested in Michigan Tue Jul 29, 8:47 AM ET Police in Michigan have arrested

Re: [scifinoir2] 25 things I have learned in 50 years

2008-07-29 Thread KeithBJohnson
Really? Do tell... -- Original message -- From: Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yeah...I left a date sitting in the restaurant because of that... -See that guy who looks like a cross between Elvis and P-Funk? He is Johnny Ross.- From THE SIDE STREET CHRONICLES by C.W.

[scifinoir2] FW: THEY WAITED TOO LONG

2008-07-29 Thread Tracey de Morsella
From: CINQUE [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:31 AM To: don polite; Gabriel, Dexter; JohnScott Lucas; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Kenny Cash; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: 'Tracey de Morsella' Subject: THEY WAITED TOO LONG 'X-Files' fans aren't alienated - now, they can find

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: X-Files Past its Prime?

2008-07-29 Thread KeithBJohnson
Why aren't you interested in the movie? Too much time gone by? Not interested in an extended ep on screen that doesn't really solve any of the mysteries? -- Original message -- From: ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am a diehard X-files fan but I haven't seen the first

Re: [scifinoir2] X-Files Past its Prime?

2008-07-29 Thread KeithBJohnson
Why is that? The subject matter (though the details of the story have been kept well hidden), tired of the show itself? -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Honestly, every time the trailer for this comes across my screen, I look up once, shrug and